Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Bertram, Jimmy Lester, and William A. Oesterritter
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 17, 1986No. 85-8694PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
In this appeal the three defendants, Joe Bertram, Jimmy Lester, and William Oest-erritter, were convicted for conspiring to manufacture, possess with the intent to distribute, and distribute methamphetamine. Bertram was also convicted on two substantive counts of distributing methamphetamine. Six codefendants did not go to trial. We affirm.
I. Facts
The facts are confusing and in dispute on several key points. According to the government’s scenario, Bertram was the mastermind of the conspiracy, Lester the chemist, and Oesterritter the chemical supplier. Bertram and…
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